Auditory
A patient was recently diagnosed with otosclerosis. The nurse explains the most common treatment today to treat otosclerosis and restore hearing is:
Stapedectomy
The nurse performs a Snellen chart examination on a client. Which of the following Snellen chart findings would indicate normal vision for the client?
OU 20/20
The nurse is preparing the patient problem list after completing the initial assessment. Which of the following patient problems would be assessed in the client with visual or auditory disorders?
Lonesomeness
Potential for injury
Social seclusion
Compromised social interaction
As a nursing student, you are studying the parts of the ear and their function. Which part of the ear is responsible for the sense of balance and equilibrium?
Semicircular canals
The orbit of each eye consists of orbital bones cushioned in layers of fat. The orbital bones that protect the eye include the following:
Frontal
Zygomatic
Ethmoid
Lacrimal
The physician is explaining the details of a corrective surgery of the ear called tympanoplasty. What does a tympanoplasty correct?
Conductive hearing loss
A patient is diagnosed with acute bacterial conjunctivitis. In providing patient teaching the nurse, Naomi, would tell the patient that this condition is more commonly known as which of the following?
Pinkeye
What should the nurse do when assisting a blind person to walk in an unfamiliar hospital environment?
Place the patient hand on the nurse’s elbow as a guide, with the nurse slightly in front of the patient
Encourage the patient to ask for verbal clues
Describe the surroundings
Advise the patient to walk slowly
The nurse is admitting an adult patient to a walk-in clinic. The patient complains of recent hearing loss. What does the nurse anticipate as the most probable cause of this patient’s hearing loss?
Cerumen buildup
During an examination of a healthy eye, you would expect the patient’s intraocular eye pressure to be within the normal range of:
10-22 mm Hg
Hearing aids are most helpful in individuals with:
Conduction deafness
The patient is receiving an eye exam with testing specifically for increased intraocular pressure. Which of the following would be most appropriate to test IOP?
Tonometry
The tactile receptors in the human body respond to touch, pressure and vibration. These receptors are located where?
Throughout the integumentary system
_____________ maintain the proper position of the body. They include any sensory nerve ending and they work in conjunction with the semicircular canals and the vestibule to maintain proper coordination.
Proprioceptors
The 12-month-old toddler has been diagnosed for a second time with otitis media. The nurse explains that otitis media may be found more frequently in children 6 to 36 months. The nurse explains the rationale includes the following information:
Eustachian tubes in children are shorter and straighter
A patient with an ear infection has been prescribed Neomycin. The nurse knows this medication is an antibiotic-steroid-detergent used for disease of external auditory canal. A side effect of this medication is:
Ototoxicity
The eye can focus on objects at various distances. The eye focuses the image of an object on the retina by changing the curvature of the lens. This is called ______________.
Accommodation
A patient is suspected of having a retinal detachment. What signs/symptoms will provide support to this diagnosis?
“It looks like a curtain has been closed over part of my vision.”
The nurse counsels the 16-year-old boy that playing his music at high volume can result in impairment in hearing related to:
Damage of the fine hair cells in the Organ of Corti
The external accessory structures of the eye include the eyebrows, eyelashes, lids and the lacrimal apparatus. The primary function of the external structures is:
Protection of the eye
The 80-year-old patient is experiencing hearing loss and has learned that hearing loss due to aging is called:
Presbycusis
A patient arrives to the ED following an injury involving a piece of wood being impaled in the patient’s eye. What is the first nursing intervention step for the immediate care of a patient with a penetrating wound of the eye?
Cover both eyes with an eye shield or cup
As you study the sensory system, you learn the human body has several senses. You also learn that the primary sensory system of the human body is the:
Visual System
The nurse is answering some patient questions regarding a possible procedure for hearing loss. The nurse answers her question, explaining that the organ of hearing, located within the cochlea, is called:
Organ of Corti
A patient receives a diagnosis of labyrinthitis during her visit today. What should the nurse advise a patient to do when they are experiencing an episode of severe vertigo from labyrinthitis?
Lie immobile and hold the head in one position until the vertigo lessens